THE COLLECTIVE
BOOKS FROM INDIE PRESSES
Nonfiction— Autobiography & Memoir Holes in My Shoes One Family Survives the Great Depression Alice Breon 130 pages, $19.99, 9781479707669 Heart-warming tales of a family’s experiences during America’s desperate decade. XLIBRIS amazon.com
Nonfiction—poetry Leaning into the Infinite Marc Vincenz 226 pages, $19.00, 9781948017008 “These poems don’t stand still, but rocket around through tones ranging from the romantic to the ironic to the analytic.” —Tony Hoagland DOS MADRES dosmadres.com/shopamazon.com
Fiction—fantasy Black Iron Franklin Veaux and Eve Rickert 336 pages, $19.95, 9781944934651 A journey of dark whimsy, a hybrid of heist and political intrigue in a multicultural Old Europe. THORNTREE PRESS 800.888.4741 ipgbook.com
Nonfiction—religion Women of the Bible and Contemporary Women of Faith A Feminist Perspective Jacqueline George 246 pages, $19.95, 9781512795400 Impact of biblical and contemporary women on society—eve through Mother Teresa, Oprah and Malala. WESTBOW 718.251.3451 amazon.com
Fiction—lgbtq+ Claiming the B in LGBT Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative Kate Harrad (editor), Meg-john Barker and Jacq Applebee (contributor) 344 pages, $24.95, 9781944934606 Guidebook on bisexual identity, with testimony of bisexual activists striving for self-realization. THORNTREE PRESS 800.888.4741 ipgbook.com
Children’s— Juvenile Fiction The Enchanted Snow Globe Collection Return to Coney Island Melissa Stoller and Callie Metler-smith (illustrator) 102 pages, $16.99, 9781946101235 When 9 year old twins shake an enchanted snow globe they’re transported back to 1928 Coney Island. CLEAR FORK PUBLISHING clearforkpublishing.com melissastoller.com
Nonfiction— Autobiography & Memoir The Skeptic and the Rabbi Falling in Love with Faith Judy Gruen 220 pages, $16.95, 9781631523021 A moving, deeply honest and funny memoir about a young woman’s unexpected path to Jewish Orthodoxy. SHE WRITES PRESS judygruen.com
Children’s—picture Books Scarlet’s Magic Paintbrush Melissa Stoller and Sandie Sonke (illustrator) 32 pages, $16.99, 9781946101679 When Scarlet’s magic paintbrush disappears, she must search for her own magical creativity. CLEAR FORK PUBLISHING clearforkpublishing.com melissastoller.com
Nonfiction—biography Alone Against Gravity Einstein in Berlin: The Turbulent Birth of the Theory of Relativity, 1914-1918 Thomas De Padova 274 pages, $18.99, 9781933480473 An award-winning fascinating portrait. BUNIM & BANNIGAN 800.901.3480 bunimandbannigan.com
Nonfiction—history Wilber’s War A father’s odyssey. A mother’s secret. A son’s story of World War II. Hale Bradt 358 pages, $14.99, 95 illus. and maps, 9780996693905 An epic tale of duty, heroism, love, infidelity, and the tragedy of suicide. Two Silver Awards. VAN DORN BOOKS amazon.com wilberswar.com